Gretchen Mol News

The New Group has announced complete casting for Francine Volpe's suspenseful drama The Good Mother. Darren Goldstein, Alfredo Narciso, Eric Nelsen and Bill Sage join Gretchen Mol (previously announced) in this world premiere directed by Scott Elliott. Previews for the play, which launches The New Group's 2012-13 season, begin October 29 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Thursday, November 15. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through December 22 at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theatre / 410 West 42nd Street / Acorn Theatre).

The debut dates for the new seasons of the HBO series BOADWALK EMPIRE and TREME have been confirmed.

Off-Broadway's The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpe's The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Sherman's new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din (music, book, lyrics) and Paul Bogaev (music), directed by Scott Elliott.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver today joined Steiner Studios Chairman Douglas C. Steiner to open five new soundstages at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The new stages, totaling 45,000 square feet, will provide new and expanded opportunities for New Yorkers who work in the film, television and commercial production industry. The Mayor also launched initiatives designed to support and grow the industry, including new grants for training programs that prepare New Yorkers for careers in production and digital fields; a new entertainment component to the City's mini-MBA partnership with NYU's Stern School of Business; and a request for proposals for a "Made in NY" Media Center, which would provide media companies with affordable work space and other services. Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Oliver were joined at Steiner Studios by Boardwalk Empire actress Gretchen Mol and the show's writers; Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; Seth Pinsky, President of the Economic Development Corporation; Robert W. Walsh, Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services; Alan Fishman, Chairman of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation; and Council Member Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.

Last night, January 29, the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was simulcast live coast-to-coast from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. Below, we take you backstage to the winners room!

BroadwayWorld brought you the winners as they were announced throughout the evening; check below for a complete list!

Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood. Several Broadway favorites made the cut, including recent Kennedy Center inductee Meryl Street (The Iron Lady), Tony winner Viola Davis (The Help) and more!

Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie opened last night, November 8 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com was there for the celebratory evening and below brings you photo coverage of the night's starry theater arrivals.

Atlantic City, 1921: Though his fortunes have soared in the wake of the enactment of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in 'the world's playground.' Following the '20 election, Nucky finds himself the target of an investigation for voter fraud and faces not only jail, but insurrection by some of those he considered his closest allies.

Atlantic City, 1921: Though his fortunes have soared in the wake of the enactment of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in 'the world's playground.' Following the '20 election, Nucky finds himself the target of an investigation for voter fraud and faces not only jail, but insurrection by some of those he considered his closest allies.

After more than 5 million votes were cast internationally, AskMen's 10th Annual 'Top 99 Most Desirable Women' list today uncovered Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively as this year's No. 1. While seasoned list-veterans Gisele Bundchen and Angelina Jolie have made it onto all 10 editions, this year shows an emergence of fresh, new faces. Additionally, a very deserving Beyoncé emerged as 'Woman of the Decade' by ranking high on the list an impressive nine times, and even making it to No. 1 in 2007.

The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, the only televised awards show honoring performers in film and television, announced nominees at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Thursday, December 16.

Kirby THEATER COMPANY will present Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Duo Theatre. Previews begin October 29. Opens November 5.

Kirby THEATER COMPANY will present Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Duo Theatre. Previews begin October 29. Opens November 5.

Kirby THEATER COMPANY will present Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Duo Theatre. Previews begin October 29. Opens November 5.

Access Hollywood is exclusively reporting that AMERICAN IDOL judge Paula Abdul will play a fictionalized version of herself on Lifetime's upcoming series, 'Drop Dead Diva.'

Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello has reported in his 'The Ausiello Files' that recent Tony Award-Winner Liza Minnelli and actress Delta Burke are set to play dueling sisters on Lifetime's upcoming legal dramedy Drop Dead Diva.

WET Productions is pleased to announce the launch of The 2009 INKubator Summer Series, a unique and intimate look into new plays featured in three double features by the most dynamic women creating theater today.